Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-01
AMONG THE SWEETS.
low Sugar Is Handled ON tho Fam

low Sugar Is Handled ON tho Famous
Levoo at Now Orleans.
A hogsheal of sugar is hinge ar
rangement of slaves. hoops and heads
weighing. when filed with sugar. from
eleven hundred to fifteen hundred
pounds The cooper-shop and the
plantation together produce the hogs
head Of sugar. When the cane has
been cut and pressed. and the Juice
boiled into sugar. the sweet stuff is
packed into the hogshcad. put on board
q steamboat. and shipped to this city.
consigned to the factor representing
the planter. On arriving at the land
ing the sugar is unloaded on the wharf.
where it is allowed to remain for twen-
ty-four hours. and even longer when
room is plentiful. Then. if not hauled
away, it is rolled into the sugar sheds
at the expense of the owner.
Open kettle sugar is sold TO the
dealer on the levee. The factor is the
seller. whether he employs broker or
not. The majority of factors have the
services Of broker to attend to the
sales on the landing. The first-hand
factor or broker only sells in lots, and
the bids are either made openly, rs
the buyers gather around the hogs
heads. or the sugar is sold on private
offers if the price profere0 is the high
est.
The party selling the sugar general
ly does the sampling. either in per-
son or through Il clerk or other emf
ploye. This is done BY means of n
long steel instrument known rs the
glmlet. which is run through the bung-
hole down into the sugar. twisted
about, and drawn out full of the sac
charine matter. This operation is per-
formed several times, until 4 sufficient
quantity is obtained to clearly show
the quality Of the article. These SAM
pies are generally piled up for the time
on the hogshead they are taken out of
for the critical examination of the
buyer. After they have answered the
purpose they are put into little paper
bags and kept by the broker or dealer
as type for reference, or sent to the
consignee.
1t is while the sampling process is
going on that the buyers gather
round, each in his turn making his of
fer. The buyer generally attends the
sales to personally inspect his pur-
chase, but some times sends for SAM
pies, and then. on receipt of his goods.
compares them with the samples fur
nished him
Although the first-hand broker sells
but round lots. in case Of damage of
any portion of lot or it showing up
as an inferior grade. he takes re-
duced price for it; still the buyer must
take the entire lot. Secondhand
brokers sell any way. by the whole or
broken lots.
Clarified sugar is soil by sample in
the sugar exchange. The supplies are
collected and taken to the ex change.
where they are spread out on the
tables for the inspection of buyers.
After the sugar is sold it is weighed
and guaged and is then ready for hip
ment after the first cooperage. 1t is
swung from the scales by means of
large hooks that catch on the chimes of
hogshead so that when the beam is
pulled down the hogshead is lifted
from the ground and the weight
ascertained. Four men usually con-
stitute the weighing gang, together
with the clerk taking the records of
the weights. These hogsheads as a
general thing run from LOO to 1, 500
pounds. but in weighing open-kettle
sugar the figures give the 5 and 10
pounds. Thus, if Il hogshead weighs
1924 pounds it goes down as 1,21O
pounds. Then II per cent. is knocked
off from the gross weight In clarified
sugar the actual weight goes.
When the hogsheads have been coop
cred the boss drayman or his clerk.
with his teams. appears on che scene.
The sugar is marked. rolled on the
floats, and hauled to it's destination in
the city or to the point of shipment, in
case it is being forwarded to some
other port, domestic or foreign. The
low float is driven up close TO the lots
to be handled, skid is hooked into
the iron brackets at the side of the
float, and the teamsters strain them
selves in rolling up the great hogs
heads on 10 the bottom Of the wagon.
After this handling the sugar soon
comes into use ON the table or in the
pantry.
Molasses is disposed Of in the same
way as sugar The brokers always
come down to the levee to see the SAM
Piles of molasses. as they are not taken
to the exchange. Immediately on
their arrival the barrels Of molasses
are coopcred by the first-band cooper,
SO as to keep them tight and prevent
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